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The order of battle for the Battle of Ayacucho proceeded as follows:
| Patriots [1] | Royalist [2] |
Commander in Chief
Officers
· Chief of Staff (military) Agustín Gamarra · First Aide de Camp Francis Burdett O'Connor ·
 Division of Perú (Left), Commander of division José de La Mar
 1st Infantry Battalion, Commander Francisco de Paula Otero- 2nd Infantry Battalion (Trujillo), Commander Ramón Gonzales
- 3rd Infantry Battalion(Callao), Commander Miguel Benavides
- Peruvian Legion of the Guard Infantry Battalion, Commander José María Plaza
 1st Colombian Division (Reserve), Commander of division Jacinto Lara
- Vencedor Battalion, Commander Ignacio Luque
- Vargas Battalion, Commander Trinidad Moran
- Rifles Battalion, Commander Arthur Sandes
2nd Colombian Division (Right), Commander of division José María Córdoba
- Bogotá Btn., Commander Leon Galindo
- Voltigeurs Battalion, Commander Pedro Guash
- Pichincha Battalion, Commander Manuel Leon
- Caracas Battalion, Commander José Leal
Cavalry Division, Commander of division William Miller
  2 Squadrons from , Commander Isodoro Suárez-
 1 Squadron from the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers, Commander Alexis Bruix
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 2 Squadrons of the Gran Colombia Horse Grenadiers, Commander Lucas Carvajal
- 2 Squadrons, Colombian Hussars, Commander
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Commander in Chief
Chief of Staff
 Division of Valdés
- Cantabria Battalion; Commander: , men: 580
- "del Centro" Battalion (Azángaro); Commander: , men: 464
- Voluntarios de Castro of Chiloe Battalion; Commander: José Hugue, plazas: men 495
- 1st "Imperial Alejandro" Battalion (Extremadura); Commander: Pedro Becerra, men: 398
Division of Monet
- 2nd Battalion, 1st Cusco Infantry Regiment; Commander: Francisco Villabase, men: 414
- Burgos Battalion; Commander: Juan A. Pardo, men: 540
- Guías del General Battalion; Commander: , plazas: 240
- Victoria Battalion (Talavera); Commander: Manuel Sánchez, men: 392
- Infante Don Carlos Battalion; Commander: , men: 444
Division of González Villalobos
- Gerona Battalion; Commander: Domingo Echezarraga, men: 900
- 1st Battalion, 1st Cusco Infantry Regiment; Commander: , men: 415
- Ferdinand VII Battalion (Buenos Aires); Commander: , men: 196
 Cavalry Division Ferraz
- Guard Grenadiers Squadron, squadron commander: Valentín Ferraz, men: 380
- Ferdinand VII's Hussars Squadron, Commander: Francisco Puyol, men: 124
- Unión Dragoons Squadron, Commander: , men: 218
- Peru Dragoons Squadron, Commander: , men: 146
- Viceroy's Halberdiers Squadron; men: 46
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See also[]
Battle of Ayacucho
Notes[]
- ^ Jorge Basadre & José Manuel Valega. El Perú Republicano y los fundamentos de su emancipación. Madrid: Sociedad Académica de Estudios Americanos, 1960. Soldados en la batalla el 9 de diciembre.
- ^ "Memorias para la Historia de las armas españolas en el Perú", tome I y II.And "Documentos de la Guerra Separatista del Perú. Torata" tome I.
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- Spanish American wars of independence orders of battle
